THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S THE FIRST GAME YOU’LL PLAY ON THE ATARI 2600+

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While we’ve seen many Mini consoles in recent

ACTIVISION ACQUIRED

Microsoft finally completes gaming’s biggest acquisition

AN ATARI ACQUISITION

Atari recently revealed that it had purchased Digital

ANALOGUE LEVELS UP

Analogue recently announced its next FPGA-based project –

Random Access Memories

Istarted a gaming pod because there are not

DRACULA RETURNS

AN OFFICIAL ADVENTURE IS HEADING TO THE GAME BOY COLOR

COMPETITION

WIN A SWITCH OLED AND SONIC SUPERSTARS*

Confession time

I’ve a confession to make: I haven’t been

RetroTink 4K

Mike Chi talks us through his incoming upscaler

THE LATEST NEWS FROM APRIL 2007

APRIL 2007 – The new generation sales race

CHARTS

APRIL 2007

Krillys

SCRAMBLE HITS THE ORIC

INSIDE THE ATARI 2600

ATARI’S SEVENTIES CONSOLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SMASH HIT WITH PLAYERS, BUT ITS UNIQUE HARDWARE AND SEVERE LIMITATIONS POSED A NOTORIOUSLY TRICKY CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPERS. WE SPEAK TO CODERS PAST AND PRESENT TO EXPLAIN JUST HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS

THE MAKING OF THE ATARI 2600+

ATARI RECKONS ITS FUTURE LIES IN ITS PAST SO, AS WELL AS RELEASING RETRO-INSPIRED GAMES, IT’S GONE ALL-IN WITH A MODERN-DAY RECREATION OF ITS BEST-LOVED CONSOLE. BEN JONES, CREATOR OF THE ATARI 2600+, REFLECTS ON A JOB WELL DONE

Chase HQ

THE POWER OF A V8-BIT ENGINE

F-Zero

A TIMELESS CLASSIC

THE MAKING OF ANCIPITAL

RIGHT-MINDED COMMODORE 64 GAMERS ALREADY KNOW JEFF MINTER IS THE GOAT, SO OF COURSE YOU WILL WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE TIME HE MADE HIS OWN 8-BIT GOAT SIMULATOR

KIDS CAN CODE

For the last few years, father and son team Sloanysoft have been a prolific presence in the Spectrum homebrew scene

JOHN GIRVIN

CHAMPION OCODER

DATA BURST

ASSEMBLOIDS